http://chinesebay.com/blog Short Lessons of Cantonese and Mandarin Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:32:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://chinesebay.com/blog/2008/08/cantonese-vs-mandarin1/#comment-3 ChillinChina Sun, 17 Aug 2008 18:48:43 +0000 http://chinesebay.com/blog/?p=27#comment-3 I strongly second the statement "we do not encourage learning both Cantonese and Mandarin at the same time". I tried to learn both because I was planning a trip to HK and China. However, after spending several months studying I found that I simply could not keep the two languages straight in my head, mixed words together, and could not speak either during my trip. My suggestion: if you're going to Hong Kong only, then learn Cantonese. If you're going to China, learn Mandarin. If you're going to both places, learn Mandarin only. This is because you will find many more people in Hong Kong that speak English than you will find in China. You'll find some great lessons for <a href="http://www.learnchineseez.com" rel="nofollow">learning Cantonese and Mandarin</a> at: learnchineseez.com in addition to the ones on this site. I strongly second the statement “we do not encourage learning both Cantonese and Mandarin at the same time”. I tried to learn both because I was planning a trip to HK and China. However, after spending several months studying I found that I simply could not keep the two languages straight in my head, mixed words together, and could not speak either during my trip. My suggestion: if you’re going to Hong Kong only, then learn Cantonese. If you’re going to China, learn Mandarin. If you’re going to both places, learn Mandarin only. This is because you will find many more people in Hong Kong that speak English than you will find in China. You’ll find some great lessons for learning Cantonese and Mandarin at: learnchineseez.com in addition to the ones on this site.

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